There are many slang terms for a heavy rain, including one suggestion from a caller: “pumpkin floater”. This is part of a complete episode. Transcript of “Pumpkin Floaters” We’ve talked before on the show, Grant, about heavy rains and all the...
The Dictionary of American Regional English offers these alternative words for doughnut: friedcake, twister, floater, sinker, finger, and chokerhole. This is part of a complete episode. Transcript of “Alternatives for Doughnut” You’re listening to A...
horse tooth floater n.— «Doc Ellers was very pleased, as he presented me with a set of old horse teeth floaters. He told me they worked much better than the new contraptions. He was eighty.» —by Re`al “Buill” Oney My Moody Indigo! , 2006. (source:...
tooth floater n.— «I will sell the following belonging to my late husband.…Tooth floater and gag.» —“Auction of Horse Trailer and Racing Equipment” by Mrs. G.E. Finney in advertisement Daily Times (Salisbury, Maryland) June 13, 1969. (source:...
floater n. a person who files down or smooths horse teeth; a tool used for such a task. Etymological Note: Directly related to the verb “to float,” meaning “to file the teeth of a horse.” The Oxford English Dictionary includes a single 1886 citation...
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n.— «The fee for an occupational license is as follows:…Tooth Floater $75.» —“Texas—Proposed—Racing Commission—16 TAC 311″ RegAlert Feb. 20, 2004. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)